There is a chance that 4 Kids will do it, but I seriously doubt it. Tashigi is Smoker's daughter, and Kuina's father was the dojo instructor. There's no way that they can make Tashigi Kuina, not unless Smoker is her "partner" or he adopted her. I don't know if I'm getting anywhere with this, but 4 Kids can't be stupid enough to do that. We probably gave them enough ideas as it is. I wouldn't be surprised if they get their ideas from our jokes.
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Ignore that! She's not Smoker's daughter!
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4Kids likes to keep the story the same, but they just lessen on how the person died. Zoro's dream is the same in both versions and he never made any remark about meeting her again. My bet is Kuina stays injured forever, as a excuse to make Zoro fight for his dream
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Remember how originally we had cap guns, now we just have recoloured guns?
Well some people saw it as 4kids realising that guns are a huge part of One Piece (as if they didn't know in the first place). Well I have a feeling that they may actually not go ahead in episodes, and thus will probably think Smoker's not coming back until they watch that episode later on (around episode 70 I think). I reckon they'll be thinking "Oh shit" after they edit them out at first then realise he comes back.
It's the same thing with why Sanji has a lollipop and Bellemere's cig was erased. They realised Sanji was in future episodes (although that's a bit more evident than Smoker =P) and thus made something that's easier to edit.